{"id":27371,"date":"2014-04-02T14:45:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=27371"},"modified":"2014-04-02T14:49:47","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:49:47","slug":"shift-make-it-happen-helps-graduate-students-prepare-for-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/04\/shift-make-it-happen-helps-graduate-students-prepare-for-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"SHIFT: Make it Happen! helps graduate students prepare for jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shift\"<\/p>\n

Academic and professional development partners are coordinating an ‘on your feet’ mini-conference with micro-sized trainings providing graduate students with an armload of practical skills for employment search and job creation. SHIFT: Make it Happen! is scheduled for Thursday, May 1 in the Plaza Building.<\/p>\n

By the end of the day students will walk away with:<\/p>\n

\u2022\tresume reviewed by a career professional and customizations tips to stand out in the crowd;<\/p>\n

\u2022\tmock interview experience with feedback on how to prepare for behaviour-based interviews;<\/p>\n

\u2022\tnew understanding and language on how to translate graduate level skills to a potential employer;<\/p>\n

\u2022\tnew e-portfolio format to document and ‘visualize’ skills and talents;<\/p>\n

\u2022\tbroader options for employment and new professional contacts;<\/p>\n

Students will have an opportunity to register for Coffee Connect<\/a> and have a conversation with a university thought leader or local entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

All conference participants will attend a post-conference networking event, the SHIFT Mixer, to make valuable professional contacts from the University, Niagara and beyond.<\/p>\n

Details are available online<\/a>. \u00a0For details, please contact Karin Perry<\/a>, ext. 6129<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brock’s Academic and Professional Development partners are coordinating an ‘on your feet’ mini-conference with micro-sized trainings providing graduate students with an armload of practical skills for employment search and job creation. SHIFT: Make it Happen! is scheduled for Thursday, May 1 in the Plaza Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[589,1774,1694,1381,1773],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27376,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27371\/revisions\/27376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}